Vesicles formed from block copolymers, and novel block copolymers
AssigneesApplied Biomimetic A/S, The Penn State Research Foundation
InventorsMariusz Piotr Grzelakowski, Manish Kumar, Ian T. Sines
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Abstract
Vesicles formed from a block copolymer comprising at least one (poly)2-C1-3alkyl-2-oxazoline block and at least one polybutadiene block; and membranes comprising such vesicles. Block copolymers comprising at least one (poly)2-C1-3alkyl-2-oxazoline block and at least one polybutadiene block, provided that the copolymer is not the diblock copolymer consisting of 40 butadiene units and 190 2-methyl-2-oxazoline units terminated by a hydroxy group, are novel, and also form part of the invention.
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A block copolymer comprising at least one (poly)2-C1-3alkyl-2-oxazoline block and at least one polybutadiene block, which is a diblock copolymer AB, in which (poly)2-C1-3alkyl-2-oxazoline forms the A block and polybutadiene forms the B block, and which comprises an end group at the end of a (poly)2-C1-3alkyl-2-oxazoline block wherein the end group is selected from carboxy, activated carboxy, amine, methacrylate, thiol, azide, and alkyne and wherein the B block contains 5 to 15 butadiene units.
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